HARPER SMITH/Acorn Newspapers SPECIAL LADY- Lace Granateli, of Moorpark High School, waves to the applauding crowd as she is crowned Miss Teen Greater Conejo Valley at the Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks on March 24. The Miss Teen Ventura County and Greater Conejo Valley International pag... More...
Moorpark was one of six Ventura County school districts that scored above the 800 mark on the district-wide Academic Performance Index scores released Tuesday by the California Department of Education. The state target is 800, and Moorpark Unified posted 811 points. More...
The Moorpark Planning Commission approved a proposal for a 112-room hotel to be built next year on White Sage Road near the 23 Freeway. It will be next to Special Devices Inc. and across the street from the new Warehouse Discount Center. The four-story Fairfield Inn & Suites, which is a div... More...
IRIS SMOOT/Acorn Newspapers ROAD WORK- California Department of Transportation workers stand next to the 118 Freeway near the Rocky Peak exit, where a long-awaited widening project is about to begin. The November passage of the $19.9 transportation bond Measure 1B helped start the pr... More...
Cigarettes kill an estimated 440,000 Americans each year and are a major cause of lung cancer, heart disease, bronchitis, emphysema and stroke. While kicking the habit can be difficult, more than 3 million Americans do quit every year. More...
FRI., MARCH 30 Speaker Series Ventura County Speaker Series presents author/radio talk show host/college lecturer Robert Scheer, 7 p.m., Oak Park Community Center, 1000 Kanan Road. Book signing, "Playing President," after talk. $3 donation. Seating is first come, first served. Co... More...
Most people agree that an investment in a college education is money well spent. But finding the money to pay for escalating education costs is not easy. According to The College Board "Trends in College Pricing," the average tuition increase for a four-year public university rose 6.9 percent for ... More...
STEVE CARLSON/Acorn Newspapers YOUNG ARTIST- Peach Hill third-grade student Ciara Labagnara places in the Women's Fornightly annual district art show with her original contruction paper collage, "Three Blind Mice." Her art teacher, Debbie Madsen, helped coordinate the event, which was judged by... More...
Musketeer defensive back trying to raise funds to play overseas
Moorpark High senior Dakota Holland's football career as a Musketeer ended nearly four months ago when his team lost in the CIFSouthern Section Northern Division championship game to Canyon 24-22. Holland, however, still wants to play the game he loves, and now has the chance to cont... More...
A man was arrested at 9:52 a.m. March 5 for trespassing on undeveloped land northeast of the 400 block of Science Drive. The man, apparently homeless, was living in a shack he had built near the arroyo. Someone broke into a car parked on the 7000 block of Hogan Street between 8... More...
Calvary Chapel Tierra Rejada, meets at Moorpark City Hall, 799 Moorpark Ave., (805) 445-9983. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15351 Benwood Drive, (805) 523-7057. Community Christian Church, the Rev. Mike Woolley, 216 Moorpark Ave., (805) 529-3572. More...
GET IN THE GROOVE- Tony Geivet can do more than teach math as he lets it rip on the guitar at Talent Night held recently at Chaparral Middle School. BILL SPARKES Acorn Newspapers More...
The drama "JB," presented by the Moorpark College Theater Department, is based on the Book of Job, but my Sunday School lessons were never like this. "JB" opened on Broadway in 1958 as an updated version of the tale of suffering. Director John Loprieno advances the story into the 21st ... More...
In response to Joan Bien's letter in the March 16 Moorpark Acorn , I have to say, "Right on, Joan!" That was the best articulated and most intelligent letter regarding the teaching of evolution that I have read in any paper so far. More...
Ever since I was a wee lad one of my favorite stories has been "Horton Hears a Who" by Dr. Seuss. His real name was Theodore Geisel, but it is tough to find something that rhymes with Geisel. I'm sure that we all know it's a story about a group of very tiny Whos living in Who-ville, ... More...
You don't need to be a caped superhero to fight crime. Not in Moorpark, anyway. To help stop crooks from stealing valuables from cars, officials with the Moorpark Police Department are asking residents to lock their vehicles and keep their valuables out of sight. More...
Prudential California Realty's Camarillo office recognized Julie Knutson as its top listing agent for November 2006. Knutson is delighted to end her year on this excellent high note. With more than 20 years in the real estate industry, Knutson is a lifelong Ventura County resident and... More...
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